Mailing-envelop.



PATENTED APR. 17

J. SAWDON. MAILING ENVELOP.

APPLIOATION IILED MAILBO, 1904.

WITNESSES:

ATTORNEYS NITED STATES PATENT OFFIOIJ.

MAlLlNG-ENVELOP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 17, 1906.

Application filed March 30,1904. Serial No. 200,691.

To all whom it mag concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH SAwDoN, a citi- Zen of the United States, and a resident of Stronghurst, in the county of Henderson and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Mailing-Envelope, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates more especially to envelops employed for mailing third and fourth class matter, such as catalogues, merchandise, &c.

The object of the invention is to provide an envelop for this purpose in which provision is made for the binding of the contents of the envelop and fastening of the same to the envelop.

A further object is to relieve the envelop of the strain of the fastening device.

Other objects will appear from the following description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an envelop having my invention applied thereto, a part of the envelop being broken away. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a broken detail transverse section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a plan view of the upper portion of the envelop and a portion of my improved attachment.

A represents an ordinary envelop, which may be given any suitable shape and size, said envelop being provided with the usual flap B. In connection with the envelop I employ a suitable means to positively secure the contents of the envelop. Thus in the in stance shown I provide a tie or binder, which preferably is in the form of a cord 10 or equivalent material, and I connect one end of the same to the flap of the envelop. The means shown in the drawings for fastening the cord consists of the eyelet 12 and the washers or friction-disks 12 and 13; but other means for securing the cord may be employed.

The cord 10 has a suflicient length to .extend substantially the length of the envelop, and being returned upon itself, as at 10 forms a loop within the envelop, as best seen in Fig. 2, the returned end passing outward through the body of the envelop, as at 14, an eyelet being provided at this point for the purpose. With a cord or the like arranged as specified it will be observed that when the contents, as O, of the envelop are entered in the latter the cord will extend around the same, as a tie or binder, and when the cord is drawn comparatively tight and its ends secured beneath the exterior friction-disk 12 on the flap by frictional engagement said contents will be firmly bound together and fastened to the envelop. In the preferred form of my invention the cord and its fastener and the outlet-eyelet 14 or other orifice are so arranged relatively to one another that both ends of the cord will be fastened at the same pointthat is to say, the inner and outer friction-disks 13 and 12 are located at the same point, whereby the envelop is very materially relieved of the strain of the fasteningcord, since one portion, as 10*, will draw on the fastener in one direction, while the re turned end 10" will tend to draw in the opposite direction on said fastener, whereby one end of the cord will counteract the strain of the other end. Furthermore, the location of the eyelet 14 in the body of the envelop and near the opening of the latter serves to establish a connection between the body of the envelop and the binding device 10. The arrangement shown is also preferred for the reason that the same devices will serve to bind the contents of the envelop and will serve also to secure the flap of the envelop in the closed position.

It will be observed that at the bend of the cord 10 near the bottom of the envelop said cord passes beneath or through the material of the envelop, as at a, to thereby positively engage the envelop and prevent displacement of the cord, while affording the latter guided movement. The point of this engagement with the envelop is preferably at the seam and is covered by the exterior pasted bottom flap a, as shown.

It Will be understood that various modifications of my invention may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention or the intent of the claims hereinafter made.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. An envelop comprising a flap and a body portion adapted to contain an inclosure and provided with an opening in its front face adjacent to the flap, a fastening device on the inner surface of the flap, a fastening device on the outer surface of the flap, a flexible member fixed to the first fastening device, and extending around the inclosure within the envelop and outwardly through the opening to the second fastening device.

2. An envelop comprising a body portion provided at either end with an opening on its front face and composed of a back, side flaps, and an end flap folded upon the side flaps and a seal-flap attached to the back, a fastening device on the inner surface of the seal-flap, a fastening device on the outer surface of the seal-flap, and a flexible member fixed to the first fastening device, and extending around the inclosure Within the envelop, outwardly I5 In testimony whereof I have signed my 20 name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH SAWDON. WVitnesses C. R. KAISER, GERALD FORT. 

